Regular nature outings: Nature Days in the Park and Nature Mobile from Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District’s Natural Resources, Honeybee Hikes at Leach Botanical Garden, Story and Strolls and Guided Nature Walks at Tryon Creek State Park, Ladybug Nature Walks with Portland Parks & Recreation, Bird Walks for adults and kids through Backyard Bird Shop, Library events with The Bug Chicks, Farm Fridays at Zenger Farm, and Second Saturdays at the Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver, WA.
– $2 admission at OMSI the first Sunday of every month
– $3 admission at the World Forestry Center the first Wednesday of every month
– $4 admission at the Oregon Zoo the second Tuesday of every month
– FREE admission at the Portland Art Museum the fourth Friday of every month, 5-8pm
– FREE admission at the Portland Children’s Museum the first Friday of every month, 4-8pm
– FREE admission at the Oregon Historical Society & Museum every day for Multnomah County residents
*My friend Laura posts a monthly listing of kid and family-friendly events of natural, scientific, and cultural interest. October’s list is here.
If you know of or are organizing a nature event suitable for children or families, please let me know! (email to darwinsbulldog AT gmail DOT com).
Upcoming Connect to the Columbia Canoe Paddle outings with the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
Upcoming hikes with the Friends of the Columbia Gorge
Upcoming hikes with Oregon Wild
May 8-November 3 | Exhibit – Put a Bird on It: Nature Photography of William L. Finley | Washington County Museum (Hillsboro)
September 8-November 3 | Exhibit – Nature’s Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy | World Forestry Center
September 28-November 8 | Exhibit – The Nature of Nature: Depictions of the Natural World from the John Wilson Special Collections | Central Library
October | Exhibit – Vistas of Many Worlds (digital astronomy art show) | Will Call Art Gallery
October 15 OMSI Science Pub: The Wonderful World of Moss! Mission Theater
October 17 | Lecture: Bring Back the Pollinators | Xerces Society at Portland Garden Club
October 17 | Watershed Walk | Columbia Slough Watershed Council
October 17 | Special viewing of the book John James Audubon’s The Birds of America | Central Library
October 18 | Spooky Stream Side Community Celebration! | Tualatin Riverkeepers at Dirksen Park
October 18 | What’s Growing on the Refuge | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge (programs scheduled for Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge are cancelled or postponed until the government shutdown is over)
October 18 | Kids Nature Night Out: Witch’s Potion | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
October 18 | Night at the Refuge | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge (programs scheduled for Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge are cancelled or postponed until the government shutdown is over)
October 18-20 | 26th Annual Apple Tasting | Portland Nursery
October 19 | Mount Talbert Nature Park tour | Metro
October 19 | Halloween Night Flight | Audubon Society of Portland
October 19 | Park After Dark: Sounds of the Night | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
October 19-20 | Salmon Homecoming at Oxbow Regional Park | Metro
October 20 | Birding field trip to Dawson Creek Park, Hillsboro (w/ authors of Must-See Birds of the Pacific Northwest
October 20 | Annual Fall Mushroom Show at the World Forestry Center | Oregon Mycological Society
October 25 | Kids Nature Night Out: Fact vs. Fiction | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
October 25 | Owl Prowl | Columbia Slough Watershed Council
October 26 | Nature Discovery Days | Tryon Creek State Park
October 26 | Wild About the Wetland (benefit) | Friends of April Hill Park
October 26 | Park After Dark: Sounds of the Night | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
October 27 | Ancient forest mushroom class | Metro at Oxbow Regional Park
November | Exhibit of Nikki McClure’s nature-inspired woodcut art | Land Gallery
November 2 | Newt Day | Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District
November 2 | Special viewing of the book John James Audubon’s The Birds of America | Central Library
November 3 | Fall Color Tour | Hoyt Arboretum
November 6 | Special viewing of the book John James Audubon’s The Birds of America | Central Library
November 9 | Mushrooms of the wetlands | Metro at Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area
November 15 | Park After Dark: Owl Prowl | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
November 16 | Waterbird Watching 101 | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge (programs scheduled for Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge are cancelled or postponed until the government shutdown is over)
November 16 | Autumn birds in the wetlands | Metro at Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area
November 17 | Nature Day in the Park: Jenkins Estate | Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District
November 22 | Kids Nature Night Out: Geology Rocks! | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
November 23 | Author visit: Freeway Birding San Francisco to Seattle with Harry Fuller (walk, slideshow, and signing) | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge (programs scheduled for Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge are cancelled or postponed until the government shutdown is over)
November 23-24 | Wild Arts Festival | Audubon Society of Portland
November 24 | Thanksgiving walk at Oxbow [Regional Park] | Metro
December 1 | Birding field trip to Westmoreland Park (w/ authors of Must-See Birds of the Pacific Northwest
December 13 | Kids Nature Night Out: Care of Magical Creatures | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
December 20 | Night at the Refuge | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge (programs scheduled for Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge are cancelled or postponed until the government shutdown is over)
December 21 | Park After Dark: Winter Solstice | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
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Hi, Michael, Could you please let folks know that the programs scheduled for Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge are cancelled or postponed until the government shutdown is over?
Thank you